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Niger junta defies ECOWAS deadline to restore civilian rule

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Nita Blake-Persen
August 7, 2023

Niger's new military rulers have closed the country's airspace after letting a deadline to reinstate the elected president pass. The West African regional bloc ECOWAS gave the junta until Sunday to stand down or face the possibility of a military intervention.

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